There are many famous generals of Cao Wei, but when it comes to who can be a general, many Bon friends will think of not Xu Chu for the first time, Dianwei such a "Fan Duo". It is the "two Zhangs" of Zhi Yong and Shuang Quan, that is, Zhang Liao and Zhang Guo. Both of them were highly skilled in martial arts and strategic, and they made great contributions to Cao Wei.
How is Zhang Liao's martial arts, if he replaces Zhang Gao in the Battle of Tangqu to meet Zhang Fei, how will he win or lose? Although it is a false proposition, it also has a different charm compared to the three surnames of Zhang.
Zhang Liao's martial arts
1, Zhang Liao was originally a fierce general under Lü Bu, and because of his bravery in battle, he was also a general with Zang Ba. When he fought with Lü Bu against the Cao army, he fought with Xiahou Huan, but because Lü Bu was angry, he turned into a scuffle. From Lü Bu's support for Zhang Liao, it can be seen that Zhang Liao's martial arts at this time should be slightly inferior to Xiahou Huan, and it is precisely because he did not win or gain the upper hand, Lü Bu must have felt that Zhang Liao could not take Xiahou Liao down, so he decided to personally go out on the horse.
In the original work, it is written: Cao Jun's inner music is in and out. The two horses intersected and both guns were raised. The battle reached more than thirty times, and there was no difference between victory and defeat. Xiahou Huan rushed out to assist in the battle, and Lü Bu intercepted Zhang Liao on the battlefield. Annoyed, Lü Bu got up, stood up and rushed out of the battle.
The "thirty rounds" of this battle between Lejin and Zang Ba were not victorious or defeated, and what could make Lü Bu angry must be Zhang Liao, who was indisputable.
2, Zhang Liao submitted to Cao Cao after the change of the White Gate Tower, and fought for Cao Cao in the south. In the Battle of Guandu, Zhang Liao fought with Zhang Gao for "forty or fifty rounds" without winning or losing. And Cao Cao was also "secretly amazed" by Zhang Guo's martial arts.
In this battle, it should be said that Zhang Liao and Zhang Hao's martial arts are comparable, and it can be said that they are equally divided.
3, After the Battle of Chibi, Sun Quan launched the First Battle of Hefei. In this battle, Zhang Liao and the famous Eastern Wu general Tai Shi Ci fought "seventy or eighty rounds" without winning or losing. In the end, due to Lejin's sneak attack on Sun Quan, Jiangdong was defeated and returned.
4, Zhang Liao's highlight moment is the world-shaking "Battle of Xiaoyaojin", in which Zhang Liao and Li Dianlejin attacked Sun Quan's 100,000 troops on the shore of Xiaoyaojin. Zhang Liao entered the battle, and Ling Tong Guli and others also escaped death. This battle was also enough to prove that Zhang Liao's martial arts at this time could be proud of the generals of Jiangdong.
The above is Zhang Liao's main achievement in the rendition, which can be described as undefeated. But if you replace Zhang Guo vs Zhang Fei, can you win? Let's see why Zhang Gao was defeated.
Zhang Gao was defeated
Zhang Gao issued a military order in front of Cao Hong, and then divided his troops to take Brazil. In Langzhong, the two armies fought, Zhang Fei singled out Zhang Gao, the two fought "twenty rounds", Zhang Gao saw the rear army commotion, it turned out that there was a Shu army banner behind the army, so the army was in chaos, Zhang Fei and Lei Tong were killed back and forth, and Zhang Gao was defeated.
Zhang Gao refused to defend The Valley Mountain, Zhang Feilei copper successively attacked, Zhang Gao just did not come out, even if the Shu army scolded again, Zhang Gao still did not move, and also went up the mountain to confront the Shu army. Even the two armies rejected each other for "more than fifty days" and did not see victory or defeat. When Zhang Fei saw that Zhang Gao couldn't win, he started to think about it. Every day drunk, but also let the pawn in front of the sumo to play. Zhang Gao was furious, so he prepared to attack the Shu army at night. Unfortunately, Zhang Fei was just pretending to be drunk, and when Zhang Gao suddenly entered the account, he suddenly killed out, and the two of them fought "thirty or fifty rounds" without winning or losing.
In the original work, it is written: "Raise the spear and the prancing horse, and take Zhang Gao directly." The two generals fought in the light of the fire to thirty or fifty. Zhang Gao only hoped that the two villages would come to the rescue, who knew that the two villages had been killed by Wei Yan and Lei Tong, and the two generals had taken the second village. ”
Zhang Gao had no choice but to retreat to Wakou Pass. Zhang Gao made a plan this time, and attacked Zhang Fei before and after the defeat. Zhang Feibu accidentally hit Zhang Guo's plan by Lei Tong and was killed by Zhang Gao. Therefore, the same technique was repeated, inducing Zhang Fei. Zhang Fei knew that it was a plan, so he asked Wei Yan to ignite it with a straw cart at the mouth of the valley to resist Zhang Gao's ambush. As a result, Zhang Gao had no one to support him, and was once again killed by Zhang Fei. Fortunately, he broke through and continued to defend the wakou.
After the defeat of the last battle, Zhang Hao did not fight at all. Zhang Fei also had nothing to do, so he went up the mountain to look for a way, and happened to run into the people who had turned over the mountain. It was learned from the people that a small road led to the back of the tile mouth. So Wei Yan challenged him head-on, and Zhang Fei climbed over the mountain to set fire to the back of the wakou and attacked the city. Zhang Hao saw that it was Wei Yan and wanted to go down the mountain to meet the enemy. Suddenly, when he came to report that the fourth and fifth roads of Houshan were on fire, Zhang Gao saw that it was actually Zhang Fei attacking the mountain, and the Shu army attacked back and forth, and Zhang Gao fled in a big defeat. I had to return to Nanzheng.
The above is the process of Zhang Gao's defeat, it can be said that Zhang Gao's brave strategy is still OK, dare to confront Zhang Fei head-on, and also designed to kill Lei Tong. If you change to Zhang Liao, can the record be better than Zhang Gao?
There are two reasons why Zhang Gao was defeated:
First, the arrogant soldiers will be defeated. Before Zhang Gao went out to fight Zhang Fei, in front of Cao Hong, he despised Zhang Fei in front of the generals and called him "Xiao'er". Even if Cao Hong warned Zhang Hao not to underestimate Zhang Fei and let Zhang Gao set up a military order, it was so that Zhang Gao could pay attention to this battle. But Zhang Hao did not care, saying that he was "willing to be a military order." Without even a second-in-command, he killed Brazil.
Second, fight alone. Cao Hong gave Zhang Gao 30,000 horses, and Zhang Gao actually made arrangements, asking the horses to guard the Tangqu Village, the Mengtou Village, and the Dangshi Village. However, it seems that the division of troops is clear, but in the engagement it exposes shortcomings. Zhang Fei cooperated with Lei Tong and Wei Yan before and after to defeat Zhang Gao many times. In these battles, Zhang Gao was defeated by Zhang Fei because he had no reinforcements or was killed and defeated. Therefore, no matter how strong a person is, it is difficult to fight with two fists and four hands.
If Zhang Liao faced Zhang Fei, it was estimated that the record achieved would not be much stronger than Zhang Gao's. Zhang Liao's martial arts were solved with Zhang Gao, so if he was in contact with Zhang Fei's short soldiers, at least he would fight a big battle of "thirty or fifty rounds" regardless of victory or defeat. If you want to say that you beat Zhang Fei single-handedly, then don't think about it. At this time, Zhang Fei had the combat strength of the enemy Ma Chao, and Zhang Liao absolutely could not win alone.
But if Zhang Liao was also fighting alone, he was doomed to be defeated by Zhang Fei. If Zhang Liao had matched Li Dianlejin and others as deputy generals to fight Zhang Fei together, the result would have been different. All three are generals who can fight in battle, and they can all stand alone. Le Jin resisted Wei Yan's front army, Zhang Liao, and Li Dian to meet Zhang Fei, and the victory or defeat was unpredictable.
But Zhang Liao had an advantage that Zhang Hao could not achieve, that is, he did things very safely, which could be seen in the Battle of Hefei. After defeating Sun Quan, Zhang Liao did not slacken off, but ordered the sergeants to be more cautious than usual. To achieve "victory is not proud, defeat is not discouraged". Sure enough, when Ge Ding rebelled, Zhang Liao commanded well and quelled the rebellion. He also calculated and shot Tai Shi Ci. This battle is also enough to see Zhang Liao's true general talent. Even if he was sent alone to fight Against Zhang Fei, Zhang Fei's victory over Zhang Liao was not a simple matter. Zhang Liao, seeing that it was difficult to win, must hold on to the camp and send people to Cao Hong for help.
If he can really do this, then it will be difficult for Liu Bei to take Hanzhong, and the general trend of the world will change. Zhang Gao's defeat by Zhang Fei was the beginning of Liu Bei's plot against Hanzhong.
To sum up, the Three Kingdoms are an era of strategy, and if we rely solely on the courage of flesh and blood, we cannot talk about planning.